It's up to the vendors to find a way of securing information outside the firewall, so that the right people can access it online - but only the right people. Checkpoint is promoting its Virtual Private Network (VPN) strategy, which combines...
Cryptography, the science of encryption or the ability to encode and decode messages, has entered mainstream communications. According to Ian Walker, CTO at security company Entrust, there are two cryptographic methods currently deployed by the...
AES provides up to 256-bit encryption technology and is an advance on the more widely 3DES encryption methodology because it economises on the processing and memory needed to encrypt and decrypt messages.
Transport Security Layer, a system of securing messages over the internet. TSL contains two layers of protection, one of which uses encryption. The internet is a network which connects computers on a global basis enabling the exchange of data...
Although military and intelligence agencies have used such systems, the concept has been met with opposition in mainstream consumer markets. Corporate executives, concerned that embarrassing email messages might end up appearing in court and in the...
That would make securing the gadgets even more important. It can also provide for secure storage of personal information such as an address book, text messages, email and pictures. In addition to voice calls, mobile phones are increasingly used for...